AFIN 2024 · Short Film
SASHA'S GAME
Directed by Lexee Paige Gordoun
AFIN 2024 Winner Best Costume Design · Siobhan McMullen
AFIN 2024 Winner Best Director · Lexee Paige Gordoun
AFIN 2024 Winner Best Supporting Performance · Olga Olshansky
Nominee Best Australian Film · Lexee Paige Gordoun, Angela Zhou
Nominee Best Australian Supporting Performance · Olga Olshansky
Nominee Best Emerging Female Director · Lexee Paige Gordoun
Nominee Best Produced Screenplay · Lexee Paige Gordoun
Nominee Best Production Design · Tessa Leal, Amy Rutstein
- Type
- Short Film
- Country
- Australia
- Premiere
- Queensland Premiere
- Runtime
- 29m 10s
- Self-rated
- M content guide
Synopsis
Adapted from the book 'I AM SASHA,' based on a true story.
When a young Jewish boy, Sasha, is caught in the midst of WWII, his desperate mother Larissa sorts fake papers for them to forge their identity, however, in order for this to work, Sasha will have to battle his identity in a vital growth period in his life to survive the war as a female, Sala.
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